Peter Exley inaugurated as 2021 AIA President

Architect and educator Peter Exley, FAIA was inaugurated as the American Institute of Architects' 97th president yesterday. Exley is the co-founder and director of Chicago-based architecture, design, and consulting firm, Architecture Is Fun, Inc., which won the AIA Chicago Firm of the Year award in 2017. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Master of Architecture) and Newcastle University (Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies), Exley has been an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) for more than two decades. Within the institute, Exley has served as the at-large-director on the AIA Board; chair of the AIA’s Public Outreach Committee; 2013 president of AIA Chicago; Illinois regional representative to the Strategic Council; and liaison to the AIA’s Young Architects Forum. "While I’m not naïve to the challenges our profession, industry, and society have been dealt in the face of the pandemic, I would like my tenure in 2021 to facilitate ...

Peter Exley inaugurated as 2021 AIA President

Architect and educator Peter Exley, FAIA was inaugurated as the American Institute of Architects' 97th president yesterday.

Exley is the co-founder and director of Chicago-based architecture, design, and consulting firm, Architecture Is Fun, Inc., which won the AIA Chicago Firm of the Year award in 2017.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Master of Architecture) and Newcastle University (Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies), Exley has been an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) for more than two decades.

Within the institute, Exley has served as the at-large-director on the AIA Board; chair of the AIA’s Public Outreach Committee; 2013 president of AIA Chicago; Illinois regional representative to the Strategic Council; and liaison to the AIA’s Young Architects Forum.

"While I’m not naïve to the challenges our profession, industry, and society have been dealt in the face of the pandemic, I would like my tenure in 2021 to facilitate ...